阅读理解专练 Section VIII 综合篇

SectionVIII综合篇Passage71Lookattheinstructionsonthebottleofthemedicineandthenchoosetherightanswers.Johnistwelveyearsold.Hehadabadcoldandcougheddayandnight.Hewenttoseeadoctor.Thedoctorgavehimsomecoughmedicine.CoughMedicineShake(摇动)itwellbeforeuse.Takeitthreetimeseachdaybeforemeals.Dose(药量):Age：over142teaspoonfuls(勺)8—131teaspoonful4—71／2teaspoonfulNotrightforchildrenbelowtheageofthree.Putitinacoldplace.UseitbeforeDecember1st2022.shouldtake____aday.A.2teaspoonfulsB.3teaspoonfulsC.4teaspoonfulsD.1teaspoonfulmedicineshouldbekeptin_______.A.afridgeB.hotwaterC.anyplaceD.thesunshould____beforehetakesit.A.shakethemedicinewellB.eatnothingC.dosomeexerciseD.drinkacupofteapeopleare____yearsold,theycannottakethismedicine.A.eightyB.thirtyC.twoD.twelvewill____themedicinewhenitisleftafter,2022.A.throwawayB.stoptotakeC.takeonceD.takesixtimesmorePassage72（Beomitted）Passage73Areyoucarryingtoomuchonyourbackatschool?You’renotalone.BackexpertsintheUnitedStatesareworriedthatyoungstudentsarehavingbackandneckproblemsasaresultofcarryingtoomuchintheirbackpacks(schoolbags).“IthurtsmybackwhenIrun,”saidOberlinReyes,astudentinVirginia.“It’shardtogetupthestairswithmybackpack,becauseit’stooheavy.”Oberlinisamongstudentswhosebackpackswereweighedforaweekinarecentstudy.Theyhadregularbackpackswithtwostraps(带子)tocarrythem,butanumberofstudentswithheavyloadshadswitchedtorollingbackpacks(whichhavewheelsandcanrollontheground).ShirleyPark,whosebackpackweighed10kilograms,saidshechangedtoarollingbackpackbecauseshewasstartingtohavebackpain.Howmuchistoomuch?Expertssaystudentsshouldcarrynomorethan10to15percentoftheirownbodyweight.Afewstudentshadonesuggestiontolightentheload:lesshomework..(附)Doctor’ssuggestion:①Lightentheload.Cleanoutbinders(活页材料)andtakehomeonlythebooksyouneedthatnight.②Widestrapsarebetter.Theysendouttheweightoveryourshouldersmoreevenly(均匀).Andbesuretowearbothstrapsratherthanhangingthepackoveroneshoulder.③Packsmart.Theheavierthingsshouldbepackedclosedtotheback.④Bendbothkneeswhenyoupickupthepack,anddon’tjustbendoveratthewaist(腰).1.“_____”blemofbackpacksisworthstudyingproblemmadebyheavybackpacksisthebestbackpackforastudenttomakestudents’backpackslighttoEnderlinReyesandShirleyPark,weknow______.havetodotoomuchhomeworkhavetocarryheavybackpackswithoutwheelsarebadforstudentsmuchhomeworkleavesstudentsnofreetimeexpression“switchedto”inthetextperhapsmeans______.A.startedtouseB.turnedtoC.caughtupD.usedfortothepassage,it’sbetterforastudentof40kilogramstocarryabackpackof_____atmostbythewordsofexperts.A.10kgB.8kgC.6kgD.7kgstudentsfollowthedoctor’ssuggestionsthey______.lightentheirbackpackslearnhowtohelpthemselvesfeeltheirbackpacksarelighterknowhowtowearbackpacksPassage74SomeBritishandAmericanpeopleliketoinvitefriendsandcolleaguesforamealathome.Youshouldnotbeupset(心烦意乱)ifyourEnglishfriendsdon’tinviteyouhome.Itdoesn’tmeantheydon’tlikeyou.Dinnerpartiesusuallystartbetween7and8.,andendatabout11.Askyourhostswhattimeyoushouldarrive.It’spolitetobringflowers,chocolatesorabottleofwineasapresent.Doyouwanttobeextra(特别地)polite?Sayhowmuchyouliketheroom,orthepicturesonthewall.Butremember—nottoaskhowmuchthingscost.You’llprobablystartthemealwithsoup,orsomethingsmallasa“starter”(酵母),thenyou’llhavemeatorfishwithvegetables,andthenadessert(甜食),followedbycoffee.It’spolitetofinisheverythingonyourplateandtotakemoreifyouwantit.Somepeopleeatbreadwiththeirmeal,butnoteveryonedoes.Beforetheytakeouttheircigarettesafterthemeal,mostpeopleusuallyask,“DoyoumindifIsmokehere?”Didyouenjoytheevening?Callyourhoststhenextday,orwritethemashort“thankyou”letter.Perhapsitseemsfunnytoyou,butBritishandAmericanpeoplesay,“thankyou,thankyou,andthankyou.”allthetime.yourEnglishorAmericanfriendsdon’tinviteyoutodinnerathome,______.showstheydon’tlikeyou.itshowstheyhavenotimetogettogethershowstheydon’twanttomakefriendswithyouD.itdoesn’tshowtheydon’tlikeyouyouareinvitedtogotoyourfriend’shome,_____.A.youshouldn’ttakeanythingwithyouB.youmaygoatanytimeC.youmaytakeanexpensivepresentwithyouD.youmaytakeasmallpresentwithyouEnglandandAmerica,it’snotpoliteto_______.thepriceofathingB.eatallthefoodonyourplateC.talktoyourhostsD.eattoofastthepassage,theorderoftheservingofamealis_____.—meatorfishwithvegetables—coffee—soup—soup—dessert—meatorfishwithvegetablesorfishwithvegetables—dessert—soup—coffee—meatorfishwithvegetables—dessert—coffeeisnotright?EnglandorAmerica,itusuallytakesmorethanthreehourstohaveadinnerpartyathomeyouareinvitedtogotoadinnerparty,youcan’tarriveearly.mustn’tsmokeafteramealwhenyouarewithsomeAmericanorEnglishpeople.’dbetterwriteashort“Thankyou”lettertoyourhostsorgivethemacallifyouwanttobeextrapolite.Passage75Strangethingshappentotimewhenyoutravelbecausetheearthisdivided(划分)intotwenty-fourzones(时区),onehourapart(一个时区相差一个小时).Youcanhavedayswithmoreorfewerthantwenty-fours,andweekswithmoreorfewerthansevendays.Ifyoumakeafive-daytripacrosstheAtlanticOcean(大西洋),yourshipentersadifferenttimezoneeveryday.Asyouentereachzone,thetimechangesonehour.Travelingwest,yousetyourclockback,travelingeast,yousetitahead.Eachdayofyourtriphaseithertwenty-fiveortwenty-threehours.IfyoutravelbyshipacrossthePacificOcean(太平洋),youcrosstheInternationalDateLine(国际日期变更线).Byagreement,thisisthepointwhereanewdaybegins.Whenyoucrosstheline,youchangeyourcalendaronefullday,backwardorforward.Travelingeast,todaybecomesyesterday.Travelingwest,itistomorrow.thingshappentotimewhenyoutravelbecause______.A.nodayreallyhastwenty-fourhoursB.nooneknowswheretimezonesbeginC.theearthisdividedintotimezonesD.insomeplacesonedayalwayshastwenty-fivehoursdifferenceintimebetweenzonesis________.A.onehourB.morethansevendaysC.sevendaysD.twenty-fourhoursyoutravelacrosstheAtlanticOcean,goingeast,yousetyourclock_____.houraheadineachtimezoneB.onehouraheadforthewholetripC.onefulldaybackforeachtimezoneD.onehourbackineachtimezonethispassage,itseemstruethattheAtlantic______.inonetimezoneB.isdividedintotwenty-fourzonesC.isdividedintofivetimezoneD.isinfourtimezonesInternationalDateLineisthenamefor______.beginningofanynewtimezonepointwheretimechangesbyonehourpointwhereanewdaybeginsendofanynewtimezonePassage76IoftendreamedaboutPisawhenIwasaboy.IreadaboutthefamousbuildingcalledtheLeaningTowerofPisa.ButwhenIreadthewordPisa,Iwasthinkingofpizza.Ithoughtthistowerwasaplacetobuypizza.Itmustbethebestplacetobuypizzaintheworld,Ithought.ManyyearslaterIfinallysawtheLeaningTower.IknewthenthatitwasPisaIdonotthinkit’sagoodideatotrytofixit.Thetowerprobablywillnotfalldown.Itis600yearsold.Whyshouldanythinghappentoitnow?And,ifyouaskme,Ilikewhatitlookslike.Tomeitisaveryhumankindofleaning.Nothingisperfect.Itseemstosay.Andwhocares?Whydopeoplewantthingstobeperfect?Imperfectthingsmaybemoreinteresting.Let’stakethetowerinPisa.Whyisitsofamous?Therearemanyotherolder,morebeautifultowersinItaly.ButPisatoweristhemostfamous.Peoplecomefromallovertheworldtoseeit.passageisabout_______.A.ItalianpizzaB.Italy’sproblemsC.HowtheLeaningTowerofPisagotitsnameD.WhythewriterlikesPisawriterusedtothinkPisa______.SpainB.notveryfamousC.notthesameaspizzaD.thesameaspizzaLeaningTowerofPisais_______.A.modernB.fallingdownC.600yearsoldD.60yearsold-writer________.A.doesn’tlikewhatthetowerlookslikeB.likeswhatthetowerlookslikeC.thinksit’sthemostbeautifultowerinItalyD.doesn’tliketowers5.ThewriterlikestheLeaningTowerofPisabecause________.A.it’soldB.it’sperfectC.itsellspizzaD.it’simperfectPassage77Arichmanwasonceridingalongtheroadandsawanoldmandigginginhisgarden.Onthegroundlayayoungtree,readytobeplanted.Therichmancalledouttotheoldman,“Whatkindoftreeareyouplantingthere,mygoodman?”“Thisisafig(无花果)tree,sir.”Hesaid.“Afigtree？”therichmanwasverysurprised.“Why,howoldareyou,mayIask?”“Iamninetyyearsold.”“What！”criedtherichman.“You'reninetyyearsold.Youareplantingaveryyoungtreenowandit'lltakeyearstogivefruit.Youcertainlydon'thopetolivelongenoughtogetanyfruitfromthistree.”Theoldmanlookedaroundthegarden.Thenhesaidwithasmile,“Tellme,sir.Didyoueatfigswhenyouwereaboy?”“Sure,”themandidnotknowwhyheaskedthisquestion.“Thentellmethis,”hesaid.“Whoplantedthefigtrees?”“Why-why？Idon'tknow.”“Yousee,sir.”wentontheoldman.“Ourforefathers(祖先)plantedtreesforustoenjoyandIamdoingthesameforthepeopleafterme.”Therichmanwasquietandsaid,“Youareright,mygoodman.Weshoulddosomethingsforthepeopleafterus.Thankyouverymuch.”Thenherodeaway.根据短文内容回答下列各问题。treewastheoldmanplantingwhentherichmansawhim？oldwastheoldman？oldmanwasplantingthetreetogethimselfsomefruittoeat,wasn'the？Whowasheplantingthetreefor？therichmaneatfigswhenhewasaboy？shouldwedoforthepeopleafterus？Passage78ThefollowingpassageisaboutthestatesofAmerica.Readthroughitandchoosethebestanswers.Texaswasthebiggeststate(州)beforeAlaskabecametheforty-ninthstatein1959.OnegoodwaytounderstandthesizeofTexasistolearnaboutitsweather.Differentpartsofthestatehaveverydifferentkindsofweather.LaredoisoneofthehottestcitiesintheUnitedStatesinsummer.ThebesttimetovisitLaredoisinwinter,whenitispleasantlywarm.Amarillogetsverycoldinwinter.SometimesthereismoresnowinAmarillothaninNewYork,whichisanorthernarebetter,butsometimesitgetsquitehot.ThebesttimetovisitAmarilloisintheautumnwhenitiscool.IfanyoneasksyouabouttheweatherinTexas,askhim,“WhatpartofTexasdoyoumean？”ofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtopassageabove？A.AlaskaisthebiggestcityinAmerica.B.TexasisthesecondbiggeststateinAmerica.C.AlaskaisthesecondbiggeststateinAmerica.D.TexasisthebiggestcityinAmerica.ofthefollowingdiagramsgivesthecorrectrelationship(关系)betweenTexas(T),Laredo(L)andAmarillo(A)？thepassagethesentence“Differentpartsofthestatehavedifferentkindsofweather.”means________.A.LaredoisveryhotB.AmericaisverybigC.TexasisverybigD.TexasisfarfromAlaskaPassage79Lookatthepicturesandreadthroughthefollowingpassage,thenchoosetherightanswers.Ifwefindabirdnest,wewillhaveagoodplaceofobserving(观察)andknowingaboutbirds.BirdssitoneggsandtakecareoftheirbabybirdsfromApriltoJune.Becausethebabybirdsaretooyoungtoleavethenest,mothersoftenleaveandcomebacktothenestduringthetimetolookforfood.Soitisgoodtoobservebirds.Whenweobservebirds,we’dbetterhide(躲藏)ourselvesinacloseplacetothenest,andit'sbettertousebinoculars(双筒望远镜).Buthowtomakeabirdnest?Picture1andPicture2aretwokindsofbirdnests.Picture3givesyousomeotherkindsofbirdnests.Theyareveryeasytomake.Ifyouwanttomakeone,pleasefollowthese:Makinganest:Agoodnestmustbeveryfine，strong，thickandeasy.a)Eachnestmusthavesixboards.Don’tmaketheboardstooslippery(光滑).b)Digasmallholeinthefrontofthenestasadoor.The“door”isfrom3cmto5cm.Sothebirdcanflyinorouteasily.c)Makesuretherainwaterdoesn’tgointothenest.d)Onepieceoftheboardsshouldbeeasytoopen.e)Pleasedon’tforgettocolorthenest.Choosethebestanswers.mostimportantthinginobservingbirdsis________.A.tolookforaplacenearthenestB.toclimbtreesC.towritedownnoteseverydayD.tomakeabirdnestwe'reobservingbirds，wehavetohideourselves________.A.tolookafterthemB.tousethebinocularsC.tomakethemdoeverythingasusualD.tocatchthebirdsatlastwemakethenesttooslippery,________.A.it’snotstrongB.it’snoteasytomakeC.it’snotverybeautifulD.it’sverydifficultforbirdstoholdorstandonshouldleaveaholeinthefrontofthenestsothat________.A.wecancleanthenestB.thebirdscanflyinoroutC.wecanhangiteasilyD.it’seasytomake’sthetitle(题目)ofthispassage？A.BirdsandmenB.PlayingwiththebirdsC.ObservingbirdsandmakingbirdnestsD.ListeningtothesongsofbirdsPassage80Readthethreepostcardsandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Onlyonewriterreallyishavingagreattime-whichone？Write1,2or2.Whomdidthepostcardto？_____3.WheredoesSamcomefrom？_____4.WhatdoesSamdoeverymorning？_____5.Ofthethreewhoneededmoneymost？_____SectionVIII综合篇答案与解析Passage71【答案与解析】约翰病了，咳嗽得很厉害。医生给他开了些药。咳嗽药上说明书的内容主要包括了药品的服用方法、药量、贮存条件以及保质期等。。根据“Johnistwelveyearsold.”和“8—131teaspoonful”可知B为正确答案。。“Putitinacoldplace.”是本题答案的依据。。答案就在“Shake(摇动)itwellbeforeuse.”中。。由“Notrightforchildrenbelowtheageofthree”这句话可知，此药不适用于三岁以下的儿童。5.A。本说明的最后一句说的是此药品的保质期。答案显然为A。Passage73【答案与解析】这篇短文反映了学生书包过重这一引发人们思考的生活现实。书包过重引起了学生身体的不适。文中引用了几位学生对沉重书包的感想和体会，有的学生甚至还在书包上安装了轮子。专家认为书包重量不应超过学生体重的10%-15%。学生则认为减少作业量才能彻底解决这一问题。为了减小过重书包对学生身体造成的伤害，短文最后还附了医生的四点建议。。根据首段末句及所附医生的建议可知选项D乃是文章主旨。。短文前两句是本题答案之所在。。根据该词组所在句子及上下文意思，“许多学生使用带有轮子，可在地上滚动的书包”可以推测选项A的解释合乎文意。。专家建议学生书包重量应在他本人体重的10%和15%之间。所以一个体重为40千克的学生所背书包的重量应是6千克。5.C。显然，专家所提四项建议的目的是让学生的书包轻一些。Passage74【答案与解析】这是一篇有关东西方文化差异的阅读材料。英美人喜欢邀请朋友或同事到自己的家里吃饭。但是按照西方人的习惯，我们怎么样做才能更为礼貌些呢？本文给了最明确的回答。.第一段的最后那句有明显的说明。.“It’spolitetobringflowers,chocolatesorabottleofwineasapresent.”一句是该题的出处。.正确理解“remember—nottoaskhowmuchthingscost.”这句话才能得出答案。.仔细阅读短文第四自然段，就不难找到答案。、B、D三个选项在文中都有明确的说明。而根据“Beforetheytakeouttheircigarettesafterthemeal,mostpeopleusuallyask…”可以看出，抽烟前应当用“DoyoumindifIsmokehere?”这句话征求一下对方的意见。由此可将C项排除。Passage75【答案与解析】这是一篇涉及地理方面的知识性小品文。地球上共划分了二十四个时区，两个相邻的时区之间时间正好相差一个小时。因此，我们环球旅行时，就会遇到时差问题。国际日期变更线是新的一天开始的地方。穿越这条线向东去，今天就变成了昨天，向西去，今天就成了明天。。由句首的那一句话可知，导致这种奇怪现象的原因就是因为时区的划分。。根据首句，再联系地理方面的知识，可知时区与时区之间的时间差为一个小时。。根据第二段的介绍，自西向东横渡大西洋时，因每增加一个时区，就早一个小时。即“…travelingeast,yousetitahead.”，所以答案为A。。段首一句说得非常清楚，“横渡大西洋做五天的旅行”，段落末尾又说“每一天你的旅行不是二十四小时，就是二十五小时”。由此可以判断大西洋跨五个时区。。“…thisisthepointwhereanewdaybegins.”是答案的出处。Passage76【答案与解析】这是关于比萨斜塔的一篇杂感。作者由儿时对比萨斜塔的曲解谈起，说到了自己对人们想要重新修正斜塔的看法。最后作者由此阐发感想：没有什么东西是十全十美的。人们不应当事事追求完美。如比萨斜塔一样，正因为它的不完美，才吸引了世界上众多人的目光。1.C。由作者所叙述的内容，可知该塔之所以被叫做斜塔是因为它是倾斜的。2.D。这层意思是作者对比萨斜塔的误解，答案在“ButwhenIreadthewordPisa,Iwasthinkingofpizza”一句中。3.C。本题属表层理解题。“Thetowerprobablywillnotfalldown,itis600yearsold.”是答案的出处。4.B。答案即在“And,ifyouaskme,Ilikewhatitlookslike.”中。5.D。根据“Imperfectthingsmaybemoreinteresting.”及作者所流露出的对比萨斜塔的感情可以看出他认为缺憾也是一种美。Passage77【答案与解析】一位年已九旬的老人在花园里栽种一棵无花果树。一个年轻人看到后感到迷惑不解。于是引发了两人的一番对话。本篇短文通过这件寓意刻的小事，说明了“前人栽树，后人乘凉”的道理。wasplantingafigtree.本小题属于表层理解题，答案就在这位老人的回答中。wasninetyyearsold.与上题相似，其答案也在答语“Iamninetyyearsold.”中。，hewasn't.Hewasplantingthetreeforthepeopleafterhimtoenjoy.从“Youareplantingaveryyoungtreenowandit'lltakeyearstogivefruit.Youcertainlydon'thopetolivelongenoughtogetanyfruitfromthistree.”中可看出答案是否定的。而其原因则隐含在“…andIamdoingthesameforthepeopleafterme.”中。,hedid.答案就在“‘Sure,’themandidnotknow